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INTRODUCTION
Started in October 1971.
Founding editor NARI HIRA.
Bollywood news and gossip magazine.
Monthly magazine.
Published in English and Hindi.
Parent publishing house MAGNA PUBLISHING Co. LTD., Mumbai
It also sponsors STARDUST AWARDS.
SCENARIO IN THE 70’S
Tough competition from magazines like Filmfare, Star & Style, Picture Post, Film World and sorts.
But these magazines were basically PR magazine (especially filmfare), with elaborate pictures of actresses like WaheedaRehman and Sadhana making sand castles at Juhu beach, with no proper content for the readers to read.
Sold 25,000 copies in 3 days, with cover story Was Rajesh Khanna Secretly Married?
Initially priced at Rs.2, while others were priced at Re.1
The first issue of Stardust magazine was published and a new era of film journalism began: it was snarkier, more gossipy, more intrusive, and a smash hit with readers.
1970S’ SUPERSTAR RAJESH KHANNA ADORNS THE COVER
OF THE FIRST STARDUST ISSUE (OCTOBER 1971)
FAMOUS EDITORS
Nari Hira, founding editor of Stardust Magazine in 1971. Now the Owner of Magna Publications Co. Ltd, based in Mumbai.
The magazine became popular under the editorship of thenoted columnist, journalist and author, Shobhaa De after 1995.
The present editor of Stardust is Ram Kamal Mukherjee.
SISTER PUBLICATIONS
CONTENTS OF STARDUST MAGAZINECover story
Neeta Natter
Wild encounter
Court martial
Scoop of the month
Blast from the past
Features
READERSHIPTOP 10 MAGAZINES
ACCORDING TO THE IRS REPORT 2012 (ALL FIGURES IN ‘000)
Publication Periodicity 2012 Q3 2012 Q4
India Today W 1526 1480
General Knowledge Today M 1047 993
Readers digest M 1016 993
Competition Success Review M 703 670
Outlook W 474 451
Pratiyogita Darpan M 417 431
The Week W 424 414
Stardust M 420 406
Business Today F 406 403
Wisdom M 346 334
STARDUST INTERNATIONAL
STARDUST INTERNATIONAL
Stardust Magazine is an international online fashion art magazine.
Designed to inspire a younger generation.
Stardust features undiscovered local and international talent from the worlds of fashion, art, music, photography, home, design, and culture.
CONTROVERSIAL
MAGAZINE
COVERS
MAHESH AND POOJA BHATT, FEB’94
Bollywood director and producer, Mahesh Bhatt kissing his own daughter Pooja Bhatt for the Stardust Feb’94 cover.
MAMATA KULKARNI, 1993
Mamata was arrested, charged and fined Rs 15,000 for posing nude.She called the protestors “hypocrites” and said that she had taken an independent decision to pose in a provocative way.
AAMIR KHAN, SEPT’05It was quite a shock when, the then editor of Stardust Sonali Jaffer, came out with details of the illicit relationship between Aamir Khan and British journalist Jessica Hines. The magazine has also published some sensational pictures of this makeshift couple's 'son', though mother of the child insisted that her son had 'no father'!
RANBIR-KATRINA HOLIDAY PICSStardust’s exclusive photos of the rumouredcouple RanbirKapoor and Katrina Kaifholidaying in Ibiza, Spain.These pictures led to a lot of steaming gossips in B-town.
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